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It’s what we’ve been ordained to do

We really are the chosen few

Just scoffing from our sofas

Taking in the 5 o’clock news

I’m not responsible for this

Or for that matter, anything

I would have voted for a difference

But, of course, I was a kid

They got themselves into this mess

What the fuck did they expect?

We’d take it off their hands?

The world’s most unwanted inheritance

People are so disappointing

Spoiling this comfort for me

And if they can’t help themselves

Then maybe we should weed them out

I do want to change the world 'cause I’m young and idealistic

And down here they tell us we are capable of anything

And our Constitution’s old, but it’s all so idealistic

And the new America would be a precedented thing

And the new America would just mean new Americans

And isn’t it always the case?

We never get past 7th grade

And as a girl, he’s pushed on our tongues

Just because we got straight A’s

We never really had a chance

The hierarchy kicked our ass

Now we’re just as hoping we’ll become the richest in our class

But, you know, I will learn my shit

Because I am a patriot

And she just smiles, our faithful consumer capitalist

Those straight A’s littering my mind

I worked so hard for them to find

Playing dumb and going shopping

Could’ve saved me so much time

I do want to change the world 'cause I’m young and idealistic

And down here they tell us we are capable of anything

And our Constitution’s old, but it’s all so idealistic

And the new America would be a precedented thing

And the new America would just mean new Americans

Will I ever grow up? Relinquish my ideals?

And join my other comrades on this level playing field?

Then lead them to remind you, wanna hear you sing

Your life is such a gift in spite of every shitty thing

It’s how the story goes, reality, it starts to grow

In a place with puppet strings, but nobody wants to get home

Home

I’m protected by the law to be employed and independent

I don’t need a man or children to survive or feel fulfilled

I just need a place to sleep, oh, and I just need my music

Have I slipped into a peace? Yeah, used to choke, finally killed

And we still want to change the world

But we’re young and mostly powerless

And that’s how they told us

That we could do anything

And our resolution’s bold

But it’s all so unrealistic

And a new America would be a precedented thing

And a new America would just mean new Americans

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